TexasTerror
April 17th, 2007, 11:10 AM
Seems that Kyle Shotwell is on the 'rise' according to CBS Sportsline. The good news there is that perhaps they are finally catching on about Cal Poly's recent success. in getting these BB Award winners into the draft and onto the NFL. I'd love to have Shotwell on the Texans!
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Kyle Shotwell, OLB, Cal Poly: Capitalizing on a weaker than average group of high-ranking outside linebackers, several small school standouts are moving up the board late. Cal Poly has had surprising success in recent years of producing NFL linebackers, including third-rounders Jordan Beck (2005) and Chris Gocong (2006) the past two years. Like Beck and Gocong, Shotwell was recognized with the Buck Buchanan Award as Division I-AA's top defensive player. No school had ever previously featured three consecutive Buchanan winners. Shotwell took over the inside linebacker position with Beck moving on in 2005, though most scouts feel his size (6-1, 235 pounds) makes him a better fit at weak-side linebacker in the NFL. Shotwell, another player not invited to the Combine, had a reputation as a solid football player who wasn't viewed by as athletic enough to make the jump to the NFL. After a Pro Day performance that included a 4.52 40, 35.5-inch vertical and 6.96 three-cone drill, scouts are being forced to re-evaluate him.
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10130884
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Kyle Shotwell, OLB, Cal Poly: Capitalizing on a weaker than average group of high-ranking outside linebackers, several small school standouts are moving up the board late. Cal Poly has had surprising success in recent years of producing NFL linebackers, including third-rounders Jordan Beck (2005) and Chris Gocong (2006) the past two years. Like Beck and Gocong, Shotwell was recognized with the Buck Buchanan Award as Division I-AA's top defensive player. No school had ever previously featured three consecutive Buchanan winners. Shotwell took over the inside linebacker position with Beck moving on in 2005, though most scouts feel his size (6-1, 235 pounds) makes him a better fit at weak-side linebacker in the NFL. Shotwell, another player not invited to the Combine, had a reputation as a solid football player who wasn't viewed by as athletic enough to make the jump to the NFL. After a Pro Day performance that included a 4.52 40, 35.5-inch vertical and 6.96 three-cone drill, scouts are being forced to re-evaluate him.
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10130884